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Major Checklist

This is the list of courses you're required to take as a dance major, grouped by course name and number. (Will need to insert PDF version, too).

Performing Arts Courses

With your curriculum, you have to earn a combined total of 80 credit hours between dance and theatre courses.

Dance

  • DANC 101 Modern Dance/Intro to Dance I, 3 credits
  • DANC 102 Ballet I/Intro to Dance II, 3 credits
  • DANC 112 Modern Dance II, 2 credits
  • DANC 113 Beginning Jaz, 2 credits
  • DANC 115 Rhythmic Analysis, 2 credits
  • DANC 132 Ballet II, 2 credits
  • DANC 211 Modern Dance III, 2 credits
  • DANC 212 Modern Dance IV, 2 credits
  • DANC 231 Ballet III, 2 credits
  • DANC 232 Ballet IV, 2 credits
  • DANC 251 Dance Composition I, 3 credits
  • DANC 311 Modern Dance V, 3 credits
  • DANC 312 Modern Danc VI, 3 credits
  • DANC 313 Intermediate Jazz, 2 credits
  • DANC 321/322 History/Philosophy of Dance, 3 credits
  • DANC 331 Ballet V, 3 credits
  • DANC 332 Ballet VI, 3 credits
  • DANC 351 Dance Composition II, 3 credits
  • DANC 361 Dance Pedagogy, 3 credits
  • DANC 411 Modern Dance VII, 3 credits
  • DANC 412 Modern Dance VIII, 3 credits
  • DANC 424 Choreography I, 3 credits
  • DANC 425 Choreography II, 3 credits
  • DANC 431 Ballet VII, 3 credits
  • DANC 432 Ballet VIII, 3 credits
  • DANC electives - A total of four performance hours must be earned from DANC 201, 301, 302, 401, or DANC 241 or 341

Theatre

  • THEA 161 Intro to Theatre & Performing Arts, 3 credits
  • THEA 261 Acting I, 3 credits
  • THEA 333 Theatre Workshop (4 semesters), 0 credits
  • THEA 351 Lighting for the Stage, 3 credits

Non-Performing Arts Courses

With your curriculum, you must earn a total of 40 credit hours outside of the Performing Arts program.

English

  • ENGL 101 Intro to Academic Writing, 3 credits
  • ENGL 102 Writing & Research About Culture, 3 credits

Communications

  • 3 credit hour elective. Can be chosen from CMCN 100, 101, 202, 203, 212, 302, 310; ENGL 360, 365.

Math

  • MATH 102, 103/104, or 105. The course you take will be determined by your ACT score or placement test results.
  • Sophomore-level MATH course, 3 credits

Sciences

  • 9 credit hours of electives. Must be taken from both biological (BIOL) and physical (CHEM, GEOL, PHYS) sciences.

Literature

  • 3 credit hours of electives. Choose from ENGL 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 215, 216, a foreign language literature course, or any 300-level literature course.

History

  • 3 credit hours of electives

Behavioral Science

  • 6 credit hours of electives. Must be chosen from anthropology, criminal justice, economics, geography, political science, psychology, or sociology (One course (3 hours) must be at the 200 level or above).

UNIV

  • UNIV 100 Freshman Seminar